I’d like to live in the Ender’s Game universe. In that book the main character lives in the far future and attends a battle school as a child. He learns to become a great general battling an extraterrestrial army. That universe appeals to me because I love the rigorous nature of the school, the simulated battles they compete in, and the fact that extraterrestrials exist!
Month: March 2016
My next book
After I finish reading Robogenesis I’m going to read The Strange Case of Origami Yoda.
Why?
1. STAR WARS REFERENCES!
2. I hear it’s a pretty funny book.
3. After thumbing through the pages it reminded me of Diary of a Wimpy Kid.
I’ll write about it when I’m done. If you’ve read it, comment about it!
The Trumpet of the Swan
One of my all-time favorite books is The Trumpet of the Swan. It’s not the best-known E. B. White book, but it’s the one I can’t seem to forget. I haven’t read it in about 35 years, but I still remember learning the word “watercress” from a description of a sandwich the swan was eating in a hotel. I remember the swan as clever, persistent, and heroic. I remember feeling sorry for him at the beginning of the book because he couldn’t make noise, but he never let that stop him!
Jess’s home in Bridge to Terabithia
The descriptions of Jess’s home in Bridge to Terabithia remind me of my family’s house when I was a kid. The author describes the floorboards as creaky and the house as very old and drafty, which was also true of the house in which my family lived. I kept picturing my own house when Jess was at home. It made me feel weird; it was unsettling to imagine those characters walking through my house!